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Ned Yost expressed no surprise that it only took a six-game losing streak for some people to start calling for his skin.

"It doesn't surprise me a bit," the Milwaukee Brewers' manager said Friday upon returning home after his reeling club was swept in both Houston and Florida. "It doesn't concern me, really, or bother me."

Why doesn't it bother Yost?

"The thing that matters is that the people who know the game understand what's going on," said Yost, who was being skewered on radio shows and message boards. "You're not going to make everybody happy. There's no way.

"You have to know in your heart that you're doing everything you can do, that you're not cutting any corners. My entire focus is on the players and this organization. It's not productive (to listen to the critics).

"If you look where we've come from, six years ago, it's a process but we're definitely taking steps forward. You can't make everyone happy."

Turnbow to Nashville: Embattled reliever Derrick Turnbow cleared waivers and accepted an assignment to Class AAA Nashville. Turnbow will report to that club Monday in Las Vegas.

Turnbow was designated for assignment after posting a 15.63 earned run average in eight appearances. He surrendered 12 hits, 13 walks and 11 runs in 6 1/3 innings, and opponents batted .414 against him.

General manager Doug Melvin tried for several days to trade Turnbow without receiving any acceptable offers. Thus, the decision was made to send Turnbow to Nashville rather than release him and eat the remainder of his $3.2 million salary for 2008.

Had Turnbow opted to refuse the assignment and take free agency, he would have forfeited his salary.

"I think he needed to go into a less pressured situation and work some things out," Yost said. "He's a great kid. I would have liked to see him stay in the big leagues. But I was kind of hoping that he would stay with us, too.

"I think it will be real beneficial to him and us to go down and see if he can straighten things out."

Gallardo closer to surgery: Right-hander Yovani Gallardo said he expected to have surgery "sometime next week" to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Gallardo suffered the injury May 1 in Chicago and probably will be lost for the rest of the season.

Asked if he was holding any hope of returning before the season is done, Gallardo said, "I'd like to. It just depends on my rehab and how quickly I can recover. You never know. Some heal quicker than others."

Gallardo, who was on the disabled list the first three weeks of the season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to remove torn cartilage in his left knee, said he had no idea how he pitched another 1 2/3 innings that day in Chicago before the severity of his injury was discovered.

"Still to this day, I'm thinking, How did I do it?" Gallardo said. "Adrenaline, I guess. There was no pain at all. It's one of those weird things.

"I'm still upset about it. I want to pitch for my team. It's something that happened and I can't do anything about it. I never had an injury until this year. Now, I'll have two surgeries within three months."

Power failure: What happened to the Brewers' power? The team that set a franchise record and led the majors with 231 home runs a year ago entered the game with 31 homers in 34 games and a .381 slugging percentage.

"This team hasn't lost its collective power," Yost said. "It's here. It's right there in their arms and hands. Production is off but their power is not gone.

"People have told me if you watch the games on TV you see how much these pitchers understand who Ryan Braun is, understand who J.J. Hardy is, understand who Prince Fielder is, and pitch them like superstars.

"We talk about this league being a league of adjustments. They came in last year and had big years, and the league adjusted to them. Now, they adjust back. Once the league understands who you are and how dangerous you are, it's an uphill fight for you."

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